Lisa de Nikolits has been hailed as “the Queen of Canadian speculative fiction”.
Originally from South Africa, she is the award-winning author of eleven published novels (Inanna Publications). She has appeared on recommended reading lists for Open Book Toronto, 49th Shelf, All Lit Up, The Miramichi Reader Chatelaine, Canadian Living, Hello!, the Quill & Quire, and the CBC. The Occult Persuasion and The Anarchist’s Solution was longlisted for a Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of The Fantastic and The Rage Room was a finalist in the International Book Awards, 2021. Everything You Dream is Real is a sequel to The Rage Room or read it as a standalone.
Her short fiction and poetry have been published in various international anthologies and journals including the Crime Writers of Canada’s 40th Anniversary anthology (2022).
No Fury Like That was published in Italian in 2019 by Edizione Le Assassine under the title Una furia dell’altro mondo.
Mad Dog and the Sea Dragon (coming 2024), a hardboiled noir thriller, is set to be published in spring 2023 and has garnered advance praise, including this endorsement by acclaimed author Trevor Cole: “Here, finally, is a mob story from the moll’s perspective. Filled with entertaining twists and turns, and dreamers and schemers up to no good, de Nikolits’s zany new novel proves that life for a mobster’s moll may not be all fun and games, but it sure is fun reading.”
Lisa de Nikolits has lived in Canada since 2000. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Philosophy and has lived in the U.S.A., Australia and Britain.
Her website is: www.lisawriter.com and she has an active social media presence on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
